WPT Borgata Poker Open: Dwyte Pilgrim Wins

Talented both in poker and in providing his opponents with a couple of lines less than welcome, Dwyte Pilgrim earned his first major event winning yesterday night at the WPT Borgata, the largest World Poker Tour event ever with a field of 1,042. Those regarding him a “minor league grinder” are thus finally proved wrong.

Dwyte Pilgrim
Dwyte Pilgrim wins his first WPT title

It was clear from the very beginning of the six-handed final table that they were “gonna shock the world” and it took 193 hands (about 7.5 hours) for Pilgrim to live up to his words. From level 34 (75,000/150,000/25,000) they climbed to level 41 (300,000/600,000/75,000) and play became increasingly heated as they progressed. The final table seating was as follows:

WPT Borgata FT Stacks

As they played down the heads-up, Pilgrim kept Mohajeri behind almost all along, and he was keen on reminding his opponent of it, too: “Watching the WPT final table. The crowd is increasingly getting on Kia's side as Dwight continues to be rude and insult him,” Lee Childs tweeted from the venue. Hand #193 brought about the showdown of the two as Mohajeri went all-in on a board of KHeart TSpade 9Spade 7Diamond which Pilgrim immediately called. Mohajeri held KSpade 9Clubs but Pilgrim showed QHeart JSpade and, the former missing his full house with the 5Diamond river, he won with his King-high straight. He sobbed with joy upon his greatest achievement so far – I’m pretty sure, however, that it wasn’t his last.

The winnings are seen below.

WPT Borgata FT Winnings

Here is a video report with Pilgrim from before the final table: click.